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Monday, October 31, 2011

NYC Marathon - maybe by the hair of my chin!

All I can say is, I'll be getting in by the hair of my chin! Thankfully, I entered the lottery this year and so I am now the last cohort of entrants to have the option of applying for the lottery three years in a row and then getting an auto entry in on the fourth year if I don't get in during the previous three trials. That's 2014 for me, at the latest. Hopefully by then, I'll figure out how to hold it all together and not get injured.

For everyone else trying for the lottery, there is no auto entry after multiple trials & denials. Nope, nope, nope!

And as for qualifying times...FUHGETTABOUTIT!

For women < 39 yrs, you must now run REALLY freaking fast instead of just really fast to qualify. And when I'm 40, still no way. My current best time for running 13 miles would only get me in if I was in the 55-59 age bracket!

Check it out:

Men

Age

Marathon

1/2 Marathon

Current

New

Current

New

18-39

2:55

2:45

1:23

1:19

40-44

3:10

2:50

1:30

1:23

45-49

3:10

2:58

1:30

1:25

50-54

3:30

3:06

1:40

1:29

55-59

3:30

3:14

1:40

1:33

60-64

3:45

3:24

1:48

1:39

65-69

3:45

3:35

1:48

1:42

70+

4:00

3:46

1:55

1:48

Women

Age

Marathon

1/2 Marathon

Current

New

Current

New

18-39

3:23

3:00

1:37

1:27

40-44

3:38

3:10

1:44

1:30

45-49

3:38

3:21

1:44

1:34

50-54

3:52

3:35

1:50

1:40

55-59

3:52

3:49

1:50

1:46

60-64

4:13

4:06

2:00

1:52

65-69

4:13

4:26

2:00

2:02

70+

4:35

4:50

2:11

2:12

Because the 2012 race qualifying period is already open, this new policy will take effect beginning with the 2013 race.

By 2015, the NYC marathon will certainly become quite the competitive, fast race indeed.

In the meantime, I'll be happy to follow my friend K running it this coming weekend. She applied via the lottery this year and GOT IN! Can't wait to track her online and watch the elites running via Universal Sports Network.

hopefully we will get in the same year! i’m the same as you-first entry this year. my bf has a friend that entered-first time-never done a marathon-still currently smoking and training and will run this weekend. what a fool. :) yes, i am slightly jealous. Savannah will have to do.

I always thought if I wanted to run NYC I wanted to do it based on a qualifying time. Before I knew there were qualifying times for NYC, I ran 11 seconds shy of making it. I came home from that half marathon in Atlanta and the xc coach came into my office and told me I missed NYC by 11 seconds (1:44:11 - argh)! Then it became an obsession to make it as those 11 seconds were on a very hilly course so didn't think it would be a problem. Then I got injured. And now it's never going to happen with the new times. Whaaaa!

A runner trying to strike a balance between work, family, friends, and me-time. I'm not a trainer or coach or anything like that. I'm just an average gal trying to enjoy life, one day at a time, and keep on running and staying healthy.
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